*** Replication data for: "Issue engagement across members of parliament: the role of issue specialization and party leadership"           
*** Published: 08 August 2020																	                                               ***
*** Authors: Thomas M. Meyer (Humboldt University Berlin) & Markus Wagner (University of Vienna)                                           

*** Input-files: 
data_engagement_month.dta; data_engagement_week.dta;  data_engagement_replacement.dta 
                     			   
*** Output: 
Tables 1, 2, A.1, B.1 ;   Figures: 1, 2, A.1, A.2, B.1, B.2                                                                    

*** How To: 
1. Open "Replication_Issue engagement across MPs.do"
2. Set your Data and Working Directories
3. Run the Do-File to reproduce the regression results and the figures

*** Software: 
Stata 16.1

*** Data sources:
- M�ller, Wolfgang C., Bodlos, Anita, Dolezal, Martin, Eder, Nikolaus, Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz, Kaltenegger, Matthias, Meyer, Thomas M., Praprotnik, Katrin, and Winkler, Anna Katharina (2017): AUTNES Content Analysis of Party Manifestos 2013. GESIS Datenarchiv, K�ln. ZA6877 Data File Version 1.1.0, doi:10.4232/1.12752
- M�ller, Wolfgang C., Bodlos, Anita, Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz, Gahn, Christina, Graf, Elisabeth, Haselmayer, Martin, Huber, Lena M., Meyer, Thomas M., Reidinger, Verena, Scharrer, Manuel, and Wurzer, Katharina (forthcoming a). AUTNES Content Analysis of Party Press Releases 2013-2017 (inter-election). Vienna: AUSSDA.
- M�ller, Wolfgang C., Bodlos, Anita, Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz, Gahn, Christina, Graf, Elisabeth, Haselmayer, Martin, Haudum, Teresa, Huber, Lena M., Meyer, Thomas M., Reidinger, Verena, and Wurzer, Katharina (forthcoming b). AUTNES Content Analysis of Party Press Releases 2017. Vienna: AUSSDA. 
- Polk, Jonathan, Rovny, Jan, Bakker, Ryan, Edwards, Erica, Hooghe, Liesbet, Jolly, Seth, Koedam, Jelle, Kostelka, Filip, Marks, Gary, Schumacher, Gijs, Steenbergen, Marco, Vachudova, Milada, and Zilovic, Marko. 2017. "Explaining the salience of anti-elitism and reducing political corruption for political parties in Europe with the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey data." Research & Politics (January-March): 1-9. 
